Safety hair cutter



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JOHN L. MGELROY, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

SAFETY HAIR CUTTER.

Application filed October 19, 1920. Serial No. 418,074.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN L. MoELRoY, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety Hair Gutters, ofwhich the following isa specification.

My said invention consists in a safety hair cutter, the main object ofsaid invention being to provide a hair cutter which can be made at a lowcost and which shall be efiicient and reliable in use.

A further object of my invention is to provide a hair cutter having acomb which 5 may be adjusted to vary the length of the haircut.

Another object of my invention is to provide a hair cutter which shallconform to the contour of the head so as to cut the hair evenly.

Another object is to provide clamping devices for the bladewhich shallhold it firmly and yet permit the blade to be easily removed andreplaced.

in which the blade is between the comb and the head of the user.

Referring to the accompanying. drawings which are made a part hereof andon which similar reference characters indicate similar parts. Figure 1.is a plan view of my device. Figure 2 is a central cross sectionthereof, as and Figure 3 a composite view showing the parts separatedbut in the position which they assume when assembled.

In the drawings reference character 10 indicates a blade having holes 11extending therethrough and which may be grooved to conform to thecurvature of the clamping members. This blade is adapted to rest on alower clamping member 12 having screws 5 13 and lugs let projectingupwardly therefrom. The lower surface of this member is curved as shownto conform to the curvature of the head. The blade is intended to beplaced on the lower clamping member with projections 1e extendingthrough the holes 11. An upper clamping member 15 has holes 16 forengagement by the lugs 14 and holes 17 for the screws 13; this memberalso has cut-away portions 18 and 19 hereinafter referred to, theportion 18 being cut away from a flange 18 formed on the Another objectis to provide a hair cutter member 15 as shown in Figure 3, This memberalso has a reversely bent flange 20 which is upwardly inclined and whoselower surface bears on the blade 10 and clamps it firmly against themember 12.

A comb 21 is-adapted to rest on the reversely bent flange 20. This combhas long teeth 22 which are adapted to project adja cent to and in frontof the blade 10 as shown in Figure 2. These teeth may all be made equalin length, or the length increase from th middle toward the sides, asshown. Extending rearwardly from the body of the comb are projections 28and between these projections there is a screw threaded link 24: hearinga screw 25 and connected by a hinge 26 to the body of the comb. A coverplate 27 inconnection with the member 12 provides a. casing enclosingthe whole. The screws 13 pass through holes inthe cover plate and nuts28 are adapted to draw the parts firmly together, thus clamping; theblade between the upper and lower clamps and holding the comb in properrelation thereto. It will be understood that when the nuts 28 arebrought to bear upon the casing 27, the member 12 and the casing 27 willbe drawn together, the inner side of the upper curved surface of thecasing bearing against the flange 18 whereby the member 15 is firmlyheld seated on the lower clamping member 12, the blade 10 being clampedtherebetween. The comb is held between the lower face of the cover plateand the flange 20 by member 15 The link 24 extends through a key holeslot 29 in the casing and the nut 25 has a slot 30 for engaging the edgeof the key hole slot for holding the nut thereto. The device beingassembled as described, the length of the haircut may be adjusted byturning the nut 25 and thus moving the link 24; to vary the extent towhich the comb projects forward from the casing. The further the combprojects, the longer the hair will remain, and the lessthe projection,the shorter the hair. The projections 23 extending rearwardly from thecomb hold it firmly or yieldingly in place in any position of adjustmentand permit the teeth to slide practically parallel tothe bent portion ofthe cover plate. The comb fits closely between the sides of the cover.plate, its hinge 26 projecting into notch 19 when farthest advanced, andthe nut 25 engaging in the notch 18.

The principal parts of my device may be made in an inexpensive manner bypunch ing them out of sheet metal and bending the indicated portionsinto shape, where- 7 upon they may be fixed in place by soldering orwelding the contacting edges.

Various changes and modifications will occur to those skilled in the artand I do not limit myself to the particular form of the invention shown,the true scope of theinvention being indicated by the claims. As aninstance of such a modification, I may substitute the well-known Durhamduplex razor blade for that shown in the draw ings.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a safety hair cutter, a' hollow lower clamp having its lower sidecurved longitudina-lly and transversely, and its upper surface curvedlongitudinally, an upper clamp also longitudinally curved above andbelow, a bladebet-weenthem, a comb resting on the upper clamp, a coverplate enclosing the other parts and means to clamp the whole togetherand formed to fit the hand, substantially as set forth.

2. In a safety hair cutter a blade having a straight cutting edge, acasing therefor, said casing exposing said cutting edge, a comb adjacentthe blade, the end teeth of I the comb projecting the farthest from thecasing and the projection of the teeth diminishing gradually from eachend toward the middle of the comb, substantially asset forth.

. Ina safety hair'cutter an upper and lower clamping member, a bladebetween the clamping members, a combined casing and handle, a combcarried between the casing and upper clamping member, and means forholding the parts in operative relationship, substantially .as *setforth.

4. In a safety hair cutter an upper and a lower clamping member, abladebetween the clamping" members, a combined casing and handle, said casinghaving a sloping forward portion and depending sideand rear portions forcontact with the lower lower clamping member is drawn t'DWflICl.

the casing to hold the parts in operative position, substantially assetforth.

6. In a safety hair cutter, a lower clamps mg member, a blade, acombinedhollow cas ing and handle having rear front and side portions extendmgdownwardly to cooperate with the lower clamping memberto enclose thesaid blade, and means for holding the blade in operative position withinthe casing, substantially as set forth.

7. In a safety hair cutter, a lower clamping member having lugs andscrews thereon, an upper clamping member, a blade aper tured to receivesaid lugs, an adjustable comb hav ng a screw threaded ad uSting linkextending rearwardly therefrom, a

combined'handle and casing having a. slot in its rear portion ada'ptedtoreceive said link, and means for clamping the casingto the lowerclamping member whereby the parts are held in operativerelatiomsubstantially asset forth.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at'San'A-ntonio, Texas,

this 13th day of October, A. D. nineteen hundred and twenty.

' JOHN L. MOELROY. [1,. s]

Witnesses:

' J. C. MANGHAM,

Mrs. J. L. MANGHAM.

